Large jet condenser



June 5 1923. 1,457,788

D. W. R. MORGAN LARGE JET CONDENSER Filed Dec. 5, 1920 INVENTOR BY g ATI'ORNEY Patented June 5, v 1923.

NITED "STATES SYLVANIA.

LARGE JET CONDENSER. v

' Application fi1ed December3, 1920. 1 semirjno. 428,059.

T 'tuko'm it may concern:

"'Be it known that I, Divm'w; R. ew,

a" citizen of the "United States, and aresiidenser swarthmore, in, the county of Delawere Le'nd State of Pennsylvenia,fhavein-' vented a new and useful Improvement in Larg Jet Condensers, of which-the follow- -in isa specification. r v

y invention relates tojet 'jcondensers pertieularly' those Zof relatively large size,

and has for its object to provide apparatus of the eharaoter designatecl which shall be flexible in its. operating characteristics and which, at the same tirne shall be relatively compact in size and economical in material for the eapecity involved. b

In the a ccompanying draw-rig, Fig.1 is

vaf side view ;partially in'section end pep tiellyljin elevation of a condenser embodyin'gjiny invention; togetherith an associated turbine and auxiliary apparatus and.

Fig. 2 is a planseetionel view of.EigQI taken on the linejIIfIL'of Fig vlf In -c,onnee't ion; with steam turbines of ;extremely large size, ithasjbeenf eustomaryto providewhat ere knownj as twin jet con-f jiensers that is tofsay, two; jet condensers 'of "more or less fi andard desig 'i being supplied, "thus cgring very efliciently for, the double discherge of the turbine Of1 the do bl wlfi e' ndu t t Sa im providing vapor andl water interconnec'tions capable of relieving each other to a certain xtent-r. B th s m ans, co y service has" been seeured; end atthe same time, 1 1i "Qlf,m e o s t n rm liep'vebeerr' provided to" care for turbines of ,u ie'e ent yJl siiegwever, installation and operation of 'two coliden'sers of thistypeis very expensive becanseof duplication of :meny' elenents that ,mi W811 El e rc bin a11d I; therefore, propose to eornbine the inlet chambers Tend the 'miningf'chanibers oi the two condensersmto' one large condenser,-

preferably, in": plansection and I majy furtherprovlde two independent water and air removal outfits Ifor jthis oonsolidajted condenser strueture, therebylvproviding the flexibility and continuity of service secureii with the twoindependent conclensers'but at thfififi t e ring a cheaper m x g aggregate Lcompris n and. water-box 7 hav ng, nozzlesf8- directed I ffinto the challlberv 6, armixing chamber and i c d nsa e Pumps 1 nd -"forniing the inlet ehamber fiof ell fp elongated j shape, the, necesselrynieinj free new]: w. R. MoReAN,.-or SWAR'IIHMORELPENNSYLVANIA; ,nssrenon ro wnsrme nousnnnno'rnrc AND MANUFACTURING-COMPANY, (A CORPORATION or P ENN- t ohainber end a more efi'ectivetdistribiition r to the usual shape of the turbine b1ase but all will hereinafter be'inore full-y pointed out. it t r v Re ierring to t h mb r 461's P efer b y e l ptie11 o-r'elongated i'n'hplan section, as, shown more elearlyqin Fig. 2 and thus ponforms' itself to the shape of the, baseof the exv lhaust casingsofa tnrbine '12, S1 0W {B S;of

therdrawing ,for a lnorefde v tailed} understanding of my 'inventiongjl i 7' s'howfa conclenser aggregete'5. at;Fig. ;1, this a an inlet chaniben- 6 valso a, more efl'ective spraykdis'tribution is secured therein thanjwould be "possible in haeircular inlet chamber of large (diameter,

P th of he con i g w ter'jje lsl fr m th WYDQZKIZES. "its? ad ly reduced s bmp d fiou tha'tyirequired for. mea d s in a @5111? inlet ham er, Ofthe Sam-e; capaigity j A mixing chamber 9: rnoun tedflbeneeththe "inlet chamber 6 maybe" "ofelliptieel eross' section,gesyshown, or' it nieyi convertfto the r irc l r; ep her" t n it e Q by h u e of pec al A dap er he m ng f i ber further Carries, the usual bz'tflie 'infernber l "to P m t h a umula nf nondensible gases therenndenflthesegases being i r remqv di y a i e rs r her or "pump l4 and 15' ofany usual 'rdesired type lowerendthejrnixing eharhberfilis' ter being hown as centrifugal pumps;

although pimps off other "types adapted for '1" thi sem v a be use *A' 'cq duit 2 teroonnectslthe' lower portionsfof the 'oated 'parts of the member 19," thusf1nsuriar'eiop r g "a insuring the fiow of all condensate to either pump when it alone operates.

Having thns described the condenser embodying my invention, the,operation:-is as follows: Exhaust steam flows from the turbine 12 into the inlet chamber 6 and there encounters 1' the 'i-spr'ays projected from the nozzles .8. By the'use of aninletchamber. of an elliptical plan view, a reduced amount of water is required and a relatively low degree of vacuum sufltices to maintain sulficient head on the nozzles to cause the sprays to fill the-whole of. the inlet chamber. Thus slight difierences in the degree of vacuum as brought about by different loads on the turbine, diflerent temperatures of cooling ater, and defectsin the operation of the air removal means, are ineffective in'interfering with the distrib-ution. of the sprays Within the inlet chamber, as wouldbe the case were this inlet chamber "of circular view and of equal capacity as the attendant necessary of relatively long sprays. Moreover by employing a common inlet chamber',- the necessity for pressure-equalizing connections between the inlet chambers of the twin-unit condensers, now commonly jused with 'tu'rbinesof the double flow type, is eliminated and consequently both the length and the area ofthe connections'between the turbine and condensers can be materially reduced. T

The condensate' rains down through the ,bafile ,13 and,. un der; full load conditions, is divided by the -;bifurcated member 19 and onerhaljf thereof is ejectedby each of the condensatepumps. I r

-,Under'conditions of light load, but one i .set ofaux'iliaries may be operated, the noncondensiblegases readily flowing across the large mixing chamberprovided and all condensate passing either directly or through the conduit ".to the one condensate pump 1n operation.

I ",the event that one set of auxiliariesis disabled, by oyerloading the remaining set, the fullloadon the turbine may be'approximatedw C Wild ha e rrn y inve t i b one form, .:it,. will be obvious to those skilled inthe art that is not so limited, but is sins ceptible of ,varinus other changes and modi- .fications. without departing from the spirit thereof, and. I desire, therefore,- that Qnly limitations {shall be placed thereupon as are ,imposed by the prior artor as are spec fically set forth in the appended claims.

ll that is;

1. A .'et condenser," comprising a single fm x efehemb .e'r um ty o Wat e meva iremrse tr ese o ere a re e l to el c W t the fr m an .cen eet o etween the pumps to equalize the ;.leads carried thereby.

2. A jet condenser, comprising a single from, and meansi for controlling the dis 'tribution of water to said pumps.

' 5.. In a jet condenser, means providing ,a single mixing chamber of elongated plansection, and spray nozzles arranged in the Wall thereof. whereby the s praytravel 0t each nozzle 'for effective condensation is less than would bethe case with a similarly arranged II1IX11'lg chamberof circular plan section. 6. In a et condenser, means provlfdlng' a single mixing chamber ofelongated planseo tion, spray nozzles arranged in the Wall" thereof. whereby thespray travel of each nozzle for eifective condensation is less than would be the case with a- ,similarly arranged mixing chamber of circular plan 'section, anda plurallty of water-removal pumps'and 10f laireremoval devices arranged to draw from said mixing chamber. r v f 7. Ina et condenser, means provid nga single miiiing chamber of elongated planw section, spray nozzles arrangediin the' wall'f thereof, wherebythe spraytravel ,of each nozzle for effective condensation is less than would be the case with asimilarly arranged miXi-ng chamber of circular ,plan section,

and a plurality of independently driven Water-re 'noval pumps and of independently driven air removal devices arranged todraw fromsaid mixing chamber. r

7. 8. A jet condenserffpna thine enqp si e a le-m x chamb separate inlet. connections from each;end of the double-flow turbineto themixing chann- -,b er, a. well into whichthe liquids from the mi i g Y moving said liquids. v ,9. A jet condenser for double-flow turbine comprising a single-mixing chamber of elliptical plan section, aninlet connection. from double-,flow turv:

hamber collect, .and means for reeach end of the doubleeflowturhine tolthe i m xin ha r a p ay ez e nenee h ell e i he m x n hamber wh y the .spray travel from each gnozzleifor eflj'ectivecontlensation isglessthan would be the ;case with a like capacity chamber of circula r. plan section.

A et condenser for a donbleiioWtnrbine comprising a single mixing chamber of elliptical plan section, an inlet connection ently actuated Water removal pumps arfrom each end of the double-flow turbine to ranged to operate in parallel .to eject water 10 the mixing chamber, spray nozzles arranged therefrom.

in the Walls of the mixing chamber, whereby 5 the spray travel from each nozzle for efli'ecsubscribed myname this 30th day of Novem tive condensation is less than would be the ber, 1920. I

case with a like capacity chamber of circular In testimony whereof, I have hereunto plan section, and a plurality of independ- I D. W. R. MORGAN. v 

